Positive Experiences

"After an hour or so of darkness on a good but dusty road, then a jumble of houses for a village, our driver dived between some buildings down a steep, narrow ravine - very Indiana Jones. We had reached the Gamirasu Hotel on one side of the stream and on the other were dimly lit caves used for farm animals. Still in fantasy land, we heard the nightingales singing - but not on a tape. Immediately on entering the hotel we were welcomed as family, music was playing - a saz accompanied by a drummer - mesmerising and tiredness all forgotten. The staff were endlessly helpful and fellow guests were relaxed experienced travellers not tourists after pompous formalities - many were repeat clients. Breakfast was amongst the best ever - such flavours in the honeys remains a fresh memory. All the rooms were different, some better than others as you would expect as scraping out the soft rock to create caves is not a spirit level job. Their choice of guide was brilliant - Remzi, an academic with a superb sense of humour and the great history teather you never had who brought everything to life. A great base for exploring, walking, riding, finding all the flowers you thought were indiginous in England. The scenery inspired us and Gaudi earlier as he must have been on a high throughout.""just amazing""WOW!!!"